1963
GUSN-202222
Individual portrait of Senate President John E. Powers standing at the Speaker's Chair in the Massachusetts State Senate Chamber. He is holding a gavel. Emphasis is on the Senate Chamber: dome detailing, chandelier, gallery, and seating.
public buildings
chambers (assembly spaces)
desk lamps
interior views
busts (figures)
table lamps
chandeliers (hanging lights)
hanging lamps
portraits
galleries (upper level spaces)
domes (architectural element)
lighting
chairs (furniture forms)
government
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Recto of mount: Congratulations & Best Wishes [signed:] Senate President John E. Powers; Verso of mount: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Maloney (via their son Frederic Detwiller SPNEA Architectural Historian) Oct. 8, 1979 [stamped:] THIS PHOTOGRAPH --Courtesy-- HOLIDAY MAGAZINE Publication of this Photo prohibited, unless written permission is granted by the Editors.
OVP Photo Database Number 9
OVP Number OVP0013
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
08 October 1979
PC001.01.TMP.013
10.5 x 10.5 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moloney (via their son-in-law, Frederic Detwiller SPNEA architectural historian).
Namuth, Hans (Photographer)
gelatin silver prints
photographs
Powers, John E.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Massachusetts. General Court. Senate
Books
Desks
Legislators-Massachusetts
Men
State government
Beacon Hill (neighborhood)
Boston (Mass.)
Top and right edges of mount torn; recto of mount smudged.
Item
Holiday Magazine
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